Duels should be played with a smile.

"—The above is all nonsense from a frivolous person. Take it as fact. Believe it or not, it's up to you. I'm not responsible."

Jaden Yuki's expression at this moment was so complex that it was hard to describe.

He was initially delighted when he discovered the message in a small cubicle in the Dean's office of the Ritual Division.

Because of recent competitions and other matters, he looked rather haggard, so on a whim, he came to visit his former teacher's office. As it turned out, Hubert, who came with him, happened to sense a previously undiscovered cubicle in the office.

Before Yubel Jaden became the overlord of the fusion dimension, he was basically inseparable from Jaden. However, due to a lack of manpower, Yubel ended up in a long-term separation.

However, whether before or after the separation, Hubert would hide away from others when a few people were present, because he really didn't want to be dragged into playing cards, which would be too much like going to jail—and that's why Hubert never came to this office.

"I'm sorry, Judai, if I had come here sooner..." Hubel said to Judai with deep regret.

"It's nothing." Judai shook his head slightly, without any blame in his eyes for Yubel, but his expression was still indescribably complicated.

"Putting aside the potential consequences of discovering this message earlier... the content of the message alone makes me very suspicious of that guy's intentions."

Judai has always been like this. Just like that guy always likes to prank him, when he pranks Judai, Judai calls him "that guy," but when he teaches Judai, Judai obediently calls him "teacher."

It's clear that Judai isn't really concerned about the true intention behind this message.

"Intention? Does this message have any other hidden meaning?" Huber asked subconsciously.

He truly felt the care that Judai's teacher had for Judai from this message.

"If it were anyone else, I certainly wouldn't be so suspicious, but this is that guy... Look at the signature at the end, is that the format a normal teacher would use for a student's message?"

"I think it's alright... If it's him, it's understandable that he would use this format, right?"

Although in Yu Bell's limited memory, that teacher was often unreliable, he was quite dependable in crucial moments.

"You're just being a bystander..." Judai shook his head helplessly. At this moment, he also admired that guy. He messed around a lot, but he could still leave a pretty good impression on others. Most people really couldn't do that.

"That guy is indeed both funny and serious, but when he's funny, he's really funny, and when he's serious, he's really reliable. But when this comment is serious at first and funny at second, I have to wonder about his motives."

Jaden couldn't help but recall the days when he was trained by that guy, the various ridiculous incidents he had experienced, and the guy's unpredictable thoughts.

Sometimes, the things he did did help him a lot, but other times, he was really just playing pranks.

Playing a duel with his heavy trap beat deck for hours on end can indeed improve your resilience and teach you how to think calmly under immense pressure, analyze all the information, and make careful judgments.

Thanks to this prison-level training, I have turned the tide in several adversities, and I must admit that this training is effective.

He even used a strategy of heavily damaging heroes and psychological tactics in a crucial duel to throw his opponent off balance, thereby seizing the opponent's weakness and winning.

However, sometimes, when that guy creates a grand scheme like the Great Cosmic Void Space Arrest and the Declaration of God, it's really to train his mentality rather than to mess with it.

"Furthermore, haven't you noticed? This comment is fine as a serious suggestion, but if you analyze it carefully, it's all just nonsense that's as good as saying nothing at all."

"No matter what my experience is like, his words fit me perfectly... not to mention his last sentence was about frantically stacking armor."

Finally, Jaden made his judgment with a resolute tone: "This message is just a smokescreen to be shown to others!"

However, at this moment, Jaden did not completely deny the message in his heart.

"...Although this guy is always a bit of a rascal, his understanding of me and his guesses about the future of the world are really not wrong."

He explained it to Hubert in his own words, and Judai, under Hubert's puzzled gaze, began to search through the small compartment again—but the compartment was very small, and apart from the message and the envelope containing it, there was nothing else noteworthy.

"This guy... he hates solving puzzles one of the things he hates most, so why does he enjoy creating riddles and puzzles for others so much?"

Judai scratched his head in frustration. He was now absolutely certain that there was other useful information in this compartment, but lacking clues, he really couldn't find any leads.

"Jūdai, look at this."

Hubert's hand was now pressed against the wall, and where his index finger was, there was a barely perceptible bump on the smooth wall.

"I had been using the power of the spirits to observe this room. While discovering this message, I also missed this place that had been specially treated and would have been overlooked by the power of the spirits."

Upon hearing this, Judai sighed slightly again and said, "This guy... really has his style. Try rubbing that bump, but don't press it directly. If you press it directly, it probably won't do any reaction."

Hubert listened to Judai's advice and gently rubbed the area where the message envelope had been placed made a few more noises.

Three transparent cards appeared on the table where the envelope had been removed. The cards emitted a soft green light, and within that light, three small, figurine-like objects appeared on the table.

After Hubert saw the three figurines clearly, his eyes twitched.

The three figures are Yuki-onna from Link 4, Despair Goddess, and Fireproof Dragon.

In the center of the three figurines, there is a piece of jade-colored crystal.

"Teacher, oh teacher... Has no one ever complained that your puzzle-designing skills are really low-level...?"

"Or should I call your style unpredictable?"

Hubert looked at Jaden, who was sighing to the side but not checking the three figurines, with a puzzled expression, feeling as if he had fallen into an unknown territory.

When He reached out to pick up the three figurines and the crystal for a closer look, the figurines and the crystal vanished instantly upon touching them.

It's like we just created it to amuse Him.

Turning around, I met Judai's "I knew it" look.

"You guys..." Hubel couldn't finish his sentence. He sighed and returned to the Tenth Generation, too lazy to deal with these things anymore.

I'm tired, I can't keep up anymore.

"You'll get used to it..." Judai said in a very unconvincing tone, trying to comfort Hubel. After thinking for a while, Judai took out two cards from his deck, then took out another deck from another backpack at his waist, and took out one card from it.

The three cards were held in Jaden's hand, while the one possessing him and the one whose head was poked out were also present.

"Was that a hint? Is there any connection between them?"

"There's no connection, but it has given me a hint."

Hubert shut his mouth completely. He felt that his thinking could no longer keep up with the Tenth Generation. This cross-time communication between master and disciple was too advanced for him, an ordinary elf.

Silently mobilizing his power, the Super Fusion Disc in Jaden's hand underwent a wondrous change.

Masked Change and Great Star Extinction Dragon, two cards that were completely unrelated, were forcibly fused together by the power of Super Polymerization.

However, it is very unstable.

Hyperfusion possesses the power to fuse everything, but it is only responsible for the fusion process. As for the final result, that is hard to say. Jaden tried it many times after he fully mastered this ultimate power, but he stopped doing it after that because the fusion products were too bizarre in some cases.

"Won't this kind of integration cause problems?"

As soon as Hubert finished speaking, the message in Judai's hand flew into the fusion vortex in front of him, as if it were a power specifically for harmonizing, making the fusion that was originally impossible successful.

Two cards plus a completely unrelated letter were combined to create another card.

A fusion monster.

"I really can't figure out what you're trying to do with this card." Judai examined the card closely, quite puzzled.

Is your message... real or fake?

"Teacher...you are so hard to understand."

"And, teacher, your riddle-setting skills are as bad as ever. Don't be a riddle teller next time."

……

"Huh... what's going on?" Leyou looked at the crystal on his chest that had suddenly lit up with a jade-like light and scratched his head in confusion.

He hadn't paid attention to the crystal's condition for a long time. After all, he wasn't Ultraman, and he wouldn't light up just because a candle flickered in the wind.

To be fair, the card player and Ultraman are quite similar; they both only play when they're on their last legs, but they unleash their full power and make a comeback as soon as the lights come on.

"Only you know your own situation best. By the way, let me remind you, there aren't many contestants left who haven't been defeated and eliminated yet."

Leyou pouted and said, "Ever since I transmigrated into the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, I've never understood my own situation... All I've been doing is playing cards. How many people are left now?"

Philvo glared at Leyou with annoyance and said, "Once you've finished what you wanted to do in the Fusion Dimension, hurry up and go find the other Whisper Spirits. You said before that you were moving too fast, but if you slow down, you'll be like those pigeons who make videos and write novels. After one day of procrastination, you want to procrastinate for two days, after one week, you want to procrastinate for a month. Before you know it, you'll have forgotten about this whole thing. There are about 20 left now."

"Alright, alright, fine, fine. But there's a reason I'm doing this. We've finally come to this world, so we should do something to make up for some of the regrets from the past... As a viewer, one of the things I like to do most is to change the fate of my favorite characters and help them fix up the mess that the writers messed up because they were out of their minds."

Thinking back to the unsatisfying feelings I had when I watched the anime, Leyou wanted to lock those screenwriters in a dark room for a dark duel.

"Although this time it seems there was a slight mishap, it also seems to have led to the same goal. After all, I did give him a few cards. As someone who likes to stir things up, it's understandable that I would fulfill a past wish while achieving my own goal, right?"

“You’re right about everything,” Philvo replied dismissively, while conjuring up another screen of light with his other hand.

"Just a friendly reminder, because you spoke a bit loudly just now, and I deliberately removed the mute, you've now been discovered."

In a flash, Leyou stared in disbelief as Philvo suddenly vanished from his sight, while Shangmo's footsteps could be heard not far away.

"Good grief... you're just trying to prank me, aren't you? I wouldn't mind having a tense and exciting duel with this kid, but that'll have to wait until after the round of 16... If you prank me like this, don't blame me for not holding back when we get back."

Leyou knew that Philvo was just missing, and the surveillance cameras were still on. However, the next second, he heard Philvo's voice in his ear.

Unlike her usual rather indifferent tone, this time her voice carried a hint of provocation.

"Come here~"

I'll wait for you.

Chapter Sixty-Two: This is the deck?!

"The land of rest must not be invaded; in the sacred Valley of the Kings, all disrespect must be silenced."

With a calm expression, Isis played a Field Spell Card that countless people loathed onto her field, a simple action that made Asuka's expression turn somewhat unpleasant.

The Cyber ​​Angel deck is arguably stronger than the Gravekeeper deck, but its resource management might not be as smooth, since traditional Ritual Monsters do consume a lot of resources.

However, as long as you can make good use of the special abilities of each of the electronic angels, it is not too difficult to defeat Isis's Gravekeeper deck.

However, all of this has one prerequisite: that you can get your resources running.

However, this premise no longer holds true after Isis activated the Valley of Royal Sleep.

In particular, Asuka's trump card monster, Nasaya, which could solve most problems on the field, became useless after Oogaya activated it, which caused Asuka's plan to turn the tide with Nasaya to fall through.

"After I activate Royal Valley of the Dead, I activate a face-down Continuous Trap [Grave Guardian Trap]! As long as I have [Reversal of the Realm and the Underworld] in my Graveyard, you cannot activate the effects of cards in your Graveyard, nor can you Special Summon monsters from your Graveyard!"

After sealing Asuka's grave with the Valley of the King's Long Sleep, Isis used a grave-guarding trap to completely nail the coffin lid shut, rendering Asuka's grave completely useless.

"Although the millennium-old jewelry that could see through everything was taken away with the activation of the King's memories, I am now capable of foreseeing the future on my own."

Isis's eyes were clear and bright, containing the fire of wisdom ignited by her rich experience and insightful mind.

"Another effect of Graveyard Trap: If this card is face-up, before you draw a card during your Draw Phase, I can declare a card name to activate this effect. If the card in your Normal Hand is the declared card, I will send it to the Graveyard."

After casually summoning a few unremarkable monsters, Isis ended her turn. Before Asuka drew a card, Isis made her declaration.

"I know your destiny. I declare, [Electronic Angel - Benten-]."